title: Isolation of complementary DNA clones encoding pathogenesis-related proteins P and Q, two acidic chitinases from tobacco.
abstract: Complementary DNA clones encoding two isoforms of the acidic endochitinase (chitinase, EC 3.2.1.14) from tobacco were isolated. Comparison of amino acid sequences deduced from the cDNA clones and the sequence of peptides derived from purified proteins show that these clones encode the pathogenesis-related proteins PR-P and PR-Q. The cDNA inserts were not homologous to either the bacterial form of chitinase or the form from cucumber but shared significant homology to the basic form of chitinase from tobacco and bean. The acidic isoforms of tobacco chitinase did not contain the amino-terminal, cysteine-rich "hevein" domain found in the basic isoforms, indicating that this domain, which binds chitin, is not essential for chitinolytic activity. The accumulation of mRNA for the pathogenesis-related proteins PR-1, PR-R, PR-P, and PR-Q in Xanthi.nc tobacco leaves following infection with tobacco mosaic virus was measured by primer extension. The results indicate that the induction of these proteins during the local necrotic lesion response to the virus is coordinated at the mRNA level.
authors.affiliation: CIBA-GEIGY Agricultural Biotechnology Research Unit, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ahl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meins
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ryals
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002688:Chitinases / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005796:Genes; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D014357:Trypsin
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D004247:DNA; D002688:Chitinases; D014357:Trypsin